There have been a number of high profile abuse/paedophilia cases recently, with probably the most high profile being the Jimmy Saville case; but also, because it’s my home, the North Wales care home abuse scandal. However, none feel like they’ve affected me personally as much as the Ian Watkins case. […]
Justice
I would rather it stop altogether, but anyone who eats animals should demand better. Staffordshire Trading Standards are already aware of the disgusting conditions these animals are forced to live in, as are the RSPCA. But perhaps they just need more of a push.Trading Standards’ contact details are as follows:Animal […]
Hillside Animal Sanctuary Farm Investigation
Not content with jailing three members of Pussy Riot, reports show that Russian police are hunting for two other members of the band in relation to the cathedral performance. Sign Amnesty’s petition calling for an immediate stop to this search, which adds to the injustice following a peaceful political protest.
Russia: Stop Hunting Pussy Riot Members!
The Portuguese town of Viano do Castelo passed a ban on bullfighting in 2009. But this month, a local administrative court overruled their ordinance, set up a temporary bullring, and staged a fight. Bullfighting is a cruel sport that kills and injures all animals involved. Viano do Castelo had every […]
Petition Against Forced Bullfighting
After 27 years of not using the death penalty, President Yahya Jammeh has decided to bring it back to ‘rid the country of all criminals’. 9 executions took place on 23rd August, without warning, time for appealing or even time to say goodbye.The remaining 38 inmates on death row are […]
Stop Gambia’s Execution Spree
I feel compelled to write about the Daily Telegraph’s recent expose on exam boards because I know one of the teachers who appears in a video on the website, and who has apparently been suspended following the article. The man in question is Dr Paul Evans of Denbigh High School, […]
Teaching and Exam Board Scandal
Video from Fair Pay Network about increasing inequality and working poverty in the UK, and the importance of a living wage. Currently the National Minimum Wage (NMW) is £6.08 per hour for people over 20 years old. Working a 40-hour week for 52 weeks of the year, this would give […]
A Living Wage
Support the rights of garment workers for the Olympics 2012 by emailing sportswear companies.
Ensure sportwear companies play fair as well as athletes
As a local authority I’m sure you buy all sorts of timber products, from office paper to wood for construction. But many local authorities don’t know where the timber they buy comes from, which means it could be from forests which have been logged illegally or unsustainably. This is devastating […]
WWF’s Timber Pledge
Sign the petition to demand that Mattel stop logging Indonesia’s rainforests for toy packaging.
Demand that Mattel stop logging Indonesia’s rainforests
The central principle of progressive taxation – the more you earn the more you can afford to pay – has been broken down over the last few decades. Now some of the richest people in society pay a lower proportion of their income in tax than some of the poorest. […]
War on Want Report on Taxation
Astonish Me by WWF
Murder continues in South Kordofan (Darfur)
Right now, a major climate fight is blowing up in Australia — the government is about to pass a law that would cut carbon emissions and get polluters to pay. But big businesses are trying to kill the bill. This carbon pricing law is a win-win measure — it will push dirty businesses […]
Avaaz Climate Petition
Three weeks ago, we asked for your help to make Royal Bank of Scotland end its investment in companies that produce cluster bombs – and you did us proud. Over 1,000 of you donated to an ad campaign to shame RBS. Over 11,000 of you emailed the bank’s Chief Executive. […]